GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION
U.S. Senate, in 64-34 vote, advances bipartisan gun legislation backed by Cornyn
The legislation would enhance background checks for gun purchasers younger than 21. It would also make it easier to remove guns from people threatening to kill themselves or others, as well as people who have committed domestic violence.
By Sewell Chan, The Texas Tribune
Posted 6/21/22
Exactly four weeks after a teenage gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle massacred 19 elementary schoolers and two teachers in Uvalde, the U.S. Senate voted 64-34 Tuesday night to advance a …
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